Pygmalion (1938)
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Directors:
Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard.
Writer:
George Bernard Shaw
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Leslie Howard as Henry Higgins |
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Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle |
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Wilfrid Lawson as Alfred Doolittle |
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Marie Lohr as Mrs. Higgins |
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Scott Sunderland as Colonel George Pickering |
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Jean Cadell as Mrs. Pearce |
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David Tree as Freddy Eynsford-Hill |
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Everley Gregg as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill |
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Leueen MacGrath as Clara Eynsford-Hill |
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Esme Percy as Count Aristid Karpathy |
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Violet Vanbrugh as Ambassadress |
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Irene Browne as Duchess |
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Kate Cutler as Grand Old Lady |
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O.B. Clarence as Mr. Birchwood |
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Ivor Barnard as Sarcastic Bystander |
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Cecil Trouncer as First Policeman |
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Iris Hoey as Ysabel |
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Viola Tree as Perfide |
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Cathleen Nesbitt as A Lady |
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Wally Patch as First Bystander |
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H.F. Maltby as Second Bystander |
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George Mozart as Third Bystander |
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Stephen Murray as Second Policeman |
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Eileen Beldon as Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid |
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Frank Atkinson as Taxi-Driver |
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Anthony Quayle as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited) |
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Leo Genn as Prince (uncredited) |
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Moyna MacGill as Woman Bystander (uncredited) |
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Patrick Macnee as Extra (uncredited) |
| Directing | Anthony Asquith | Director |
| Directing | Leslie Howard | Director |
| Writing | George Bernard Shaw | Screenplay |
| Writing | Cecil Lewis | Scenario Writer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Camera Operator |
| Writing | W.P. Lipscomb | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | Teddy Baird | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Madeleine Godar | Wardrobe Master |
| Writing | George Bernard Shaw | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ladislaw Czettel | Costume Designer |
| Writing | Carl Mayer | Script Consultant |
| Directing | Hazel Wilkinson | Continuity |
| Sound | Sash Fisher | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Baden Siddall | Property Buyer |
| Art | Laurence Irving | Set Designer |
| Writing | George Bernard Shaw | Dialogue |
| Production | Phil C. Samuel | Production Manager |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ian Dalrymple | Writer |
| Production | Gabriel Pascal | Producer |
| Art | John Bryan | Art Direction |
| Sound | Arthur Honegger | Music |
| Editing | David Lean | Editor |